FTP sites and Copyright Law - Club CDFreaks

prettyinpinkad · 14-11-2007

I am a new member to this site. There are so many interesting posts. Believe me, I do not know that much about computers-but I am doing a law research paper on the legality of FTP sites dealing mainly with copyright law. Do any of you know where I can find some info? Also, have some music artists approved of sharing their music via FTP sites? Please let me know! Thanks.

**Da_Taxman** · 14-11-2007

Sharing through FTP sites is equally legal or illegal as sharing through web, P2P or any other means. This site may be a good start:
http://www.euro-copyrights.org/

jordanmorgan101 · 14-11-2007

I also don't think it's possible for an artist to actually authorize their music to be shared unless they own the music in question (most of the time they do not, some record company owns it). However, there are examples where artists have directly sued file-sharers for infringing on their intellectual property.

14-11-2007	#1 (permalink)
prettyinpinkad New on Forum Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1	FTP sites and Copyright Law <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I am a new member to this site. There are so many interesting posts. Believe me, I do not know that much about computers-but I am doing a law research paper on the legality of FTP sites dealing mainly with copyright law. Do any of you know where I can find some info? Also, have some music artists approved of sharing their music via FTP sites? Please let me know! Thanks.

14-11-2007	#2 (permalink)
Da_Taxman Senior (non-technical) Admin Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands Posts: 13,504	Re: FTP sites and Copyright Law Sharing through FTP sites is equally legal or illegal as sharing through web, P2P or any other means. This site may be a good start: http://www.euro-copyrights.org/ __________________ By registering to our forum you accepted our rules and policies (Dutch), so respect CD Freaks by respecting these rules and policies; Please read these helpful tips and links for all (newbies and oldtimers) Please describe your problem as clear as possible in your topic title, so that others can see what it is about and are more inclined to help if it is something they know something about; I do not provide technical support over E-mail or Private Message (emails with such requests will be bounced); Please post your questions as clear as possible, so others can help you get a correct answer sooner; Please use our search, you might get an answer to your question sooner that way; For any forum related issues you can contact me through PM; I don't dislike newbies, just lazy people who expect others to do their work for them.

14-11-2007	#3 (permalink)
jordanmorgan101 New on Forum Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 10	Re: FTP sites and Copyright Law I also don't think it's possible for an artist to actually authorize their music to be shared unless they own the music in question (most of the time they do not, some record company owns it). However, there are examples where artists have directly sued file-sharers for infringing on their intellectual property.

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